ILRSM509

Developing an Agenda for Change

Drive change within your organization, adapting it to a dynamic environment and controlling how it evolves.

Description

The many economic, competitive, and global factors that influence how organizations conduct business are constantly changing and evolving. The ability of organizations to understand these influences on their organizations and to respond to and adapt to these changes is critical for long-term growth and survival.

This course, the first in a four-course series, "Getting Things Done in Organizations: Creating Change and Building Support", discusses change as a political process driven by individuals and leaders within the organization who emerge as change agents. To be effective, individuals must recognize the areas within the organization over which they can exercise control and the areas over which they cannot.

Who Should Take This Course?

This course is essential for department heads, team leaders, and managers working at all levels of organizations in virtually any industry sector who wish to understand the process of organizational analysis and change.

Course Format

All eCornell courses are delivered online and are self-paced. An eCornell instructor leads the online discussions, grades any course projects, and is available to answer specific questions about the course content.

This course contains the following modules:

• Analyzing the Change Environment
  • The role of the change agent as a proactive thinker
  • Implementing a 3-step model for change
  • Analyzing the nature of the change environment in which you operate
  • Analyzing the specific nature of the environmental uncertainties In which your organization operates
• Identifying Change Opportunities
  • Analyzing how loosely or tightly coupled your organizational structure should be
  • Identifying opportunities for change within the four main spheres of organization and execution within which the change agent can effect change
  • Outlining a plan for change within your organization that addresses one or more of those spheres

Benefits to the Learner

After completing this course, participants will be able to:

• Evaluate their organization's environment
• Identify opportunities for change
• Understand change as a process of negotiation
• Develop an agenda for action based on the goals, culture, design, and work structure of the organization

Authoring Faculty

Samuel B. Bacharach, Ph.D., McKelvey-Grant Professor

Sponsoring School

Cornell University's School of Industrial and Labor Relations

Total Learning Time

Approximately five to six hours over a period of two weeks.

Certificate Information

This course can be applied toward the following certificates:

• Business Leadership Skills
• Change Leadership

HRCI Recertification

This course been approved for six (6) Strategic Management recertification credit hours toward SPHR and GPHR recertification and six (6) recertification credit hours toward PHR, SPHR, and GPHR recertification through the Human Resource Certification Institute. Please contact the Human Resource Certificate Institute (HRCI) for further information about certification or recertification.

Project Management Institute Professional Development Units

This course qualifies for 6.50 Professional Development Units (PDUs) from the Project Management Institute (PMI) for Professional Project Managers (PMPs) seeking ongoing education and professional development for continuing certification. eCornell is a Global Registered Education Provider of PMI. PDUs are designated as Category 3.